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faith leads to
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Dorothy Counts broke
color barrier at Harding
High School.
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Why would
homegrown
terrorists
hatch plot?
By Kelli Kennedy
THS CHICAGO DEFENDER
CHICAGO — Seven, people
were arrested a week ago in con
nection witii the early stages of a
plot to attack Chicago’s Sears
Ibwer and other buildings in the
United States, including the FBI
office in hfianii, a federal law
enforcement official said.
As part of the raids-related to
the arrests, FBI agents
swarmed a warehouse in
Miami’s liberty City, area, n.sing
a blowtorch to take off a metal
door. One neighbor said the sus
pects had been sleeping in the
warehouse while running what
seemed to be a ‘’military boot
camp.”
The official told The Associated
Press the alleged plotters were
mainly Americans with no
apparent ties to al-Qaida or
other foreign terrorist organiza
tions. He spoke on condition of
anonymity so as not to pre-empt
news conferences plaimed for
Friday in Washington and
Miami.
Miami U.S. Attorney R.
Alexander Acosta said in a state
ment that the investigation was
an ongoing operation and that
more details would be released
later.
"There is no imminent threat
to Miami or any other area
because of these operations,”
said Richard Kolko, spokesman
for FBI headquarters in
Washir^ton. He declined further
comment.
FBI Director Robert Mueller,
questioned about the case dur
ing an appearance on CNN’s
“’Larry King Live,” said he could
n’t offer many detaib because
“’it’s an orbing operation.”
"We are conducting a number
of arrests and searches” in
Miami, Mueller said, which
were expected to be wrapped up
Friday morning.
Residents living near the
warehouse said the men taken
into custody described them
selves as Muslims and had tried
to recruit young people to join
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UNCF FUND RAISER
HAT-i-tude
of caring,
sharing
Poet/author Maya Angelou sports one of her
slgnahire wraps.
PHOTOS/CURTIS WILSON
Delores Braley of Charlotte went for the wide, woven-brim look
DRESSED TO THRILL: Francine Jones’ flamboyant
beige and brown headdress won the best dress hat
championship.
From hats to wraps,
heads turn to support
college scholarships
By Stacy Gibbs
FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST
More than 500 women jpined
renowned poet Maya Angelou for limch
last week as she honored the leadership
of women and raised money for college
scholarships.
In its fourth year, Angelou’s Women
Who Lead Luncheon has raised nearly
half a million dollars since 2003 to ben
efit deserving students through the
United Negro College Fund.
“I’m overwhelmed by the phenomenal
support of individuals and organiza
tions in this community who share a
passion for education,” said Marilyn
Richards, director of the North
Carolina UNCF. “The Maya Angelou
fundraiser has truly become a signa
ture summer event in Charlotte.”
Angelou pres^ted awards to each of
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M.L. King documents go to Morehouse
By Errin Haines
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Morehouse
CoUege President Walter
Massey says Martin Luthea*
Kir^ Jr.’s alma mater will
receive the more than 10,000.
handwritten documents and
books fiTDm the King estate
that have been housed at
Sotheby’s auction house in
New York.
In an effort led by Atlanta
Mayor Shirley Franklin, a
coalition of businesses, indi
viduals and philanthropic
leaders have come together to
purchase the King Collection,
Massey said, adding that the
college was intimately
involved in the negotiations.
The collection, which had
been valued by Sotheby’s at
$15 million to $30 million
had been sdieduled to be auc
tioned off Jime 30. Massey
said the Atlanta group offered
more than that.
“I don’t know the exact fig
ure, but it’s more than $30
million,” Massey' told TTie
Associated Press in a tele
phone interview Friday
night. “My understanding is
that the auction is off ”
Sotheby’s Mice Chairman
David Redden confirmed that
the auction will no longer
take place, though the public
exhibition of the King
Collection would continue.
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risesto
hinder
extension
Voting Rights Act backers
slam Republican opponents
By Hazel Trice Edney
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
DETROIT - Congressional and civil rights
leaders are criticizir^ efforts to “hij ack" exten
sion- of the Voting Rights Act
and urge voters to express
their dissatisfaction.
Republicans pulled the leg
islation fiom consideration by
the U.S. House of
Representatives last week
before a planned vote in order
to evaluate its effect on south
ern states. Georgia Reps.
Lynn Westmoreland and Charles Noiwood -
botii Repubhcans - have been the most vocal
opponents of the bill in its current form.
‘We have worked extremely hard over a
number of months to reach bipartisan and
bicameral agreement on this legislation and
had reason to believe that it would be con
sidered expeditiously” said Rep. Mel Watt
(D-N.C.), chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus and co-sponsor of the bill.
“’The Voting Rights Act got derailed,
hijacked, expropriated by a hand fuU of -
you fill in the blank - southern members of
Congress, who literally, in the last hour,
raised loud and vociferous objections to going
forward,” said Marc H. Morial, president and
CEO of the National Urban League. "The
argument advanced by these members of the
House have absolutely no merit whatsoever.
They are 40-year-old arguments that have
been stirred in a 21st century pot, put in a
microwave and zapped.”
Bruce Gordon, president and CEO of the
NAACP, says the organization is encourag
ing its members to call their elected repre
sentatives.
We are doing a lot of work,”he said. “’Ll. the
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NEWS, NOTES & TRENDS
Petition seeks
stamp for last
Reconstmction
Congressman
By Herbert L. White
herb, whlte@lhechar1otfepost.com
The U.S. Postal Service has been
petitioned to honor
the last black
Member of Coi^*ess
elected fium the post-
Reconstruction Deep
South.
U.S. Rep. G.K.
Butterfield (D-N.C.)
has asked the vVhite
Citizens’ Stamp
Advisory Committee to mint a stamp
to commemorate the life of
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